Hair-cutting guide



Jan. 12,1926. 1,569,452

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Patented Jan. 12, 1926.

UNITED. STATES WILLIAM T. BRADLEY, OF LINN, MISSOURI.

HAIR-CUTTING uinn.

Application fi1ed May28, 1924., Serial No. 716,348.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM T. BRADLEY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Linn, in the county of Osage, in the State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hair-Cutting Guides, of which the following is a specification containing a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, forming a part hereof.

My invention relates to hair-cutting devices known as hair-cutting guides, and it I of its ends by means of bolts or rivets 4:, a

is adaptable for use upon the heads ofmen during the operation of cutting the hair on the sides and back of the head with the clippers.

One of the objects of my invention is to provide a device of the character described, which will, when placed in an operative position u on the head, indicate the line at which the iair is to be cut with the clippers,

thus eliminating much of the strain a barber is subject to in his efforts to get an even line on the sides and back of the head when clipping the hair with the clippers.

Another object of my invention is to provide a device of this character which will securely hold the hair in a desired position so that a proper cutting line may result, and which will be readily adjustable to a head of any given shape or size, and which may be easily positioned on or removed from the head, and which device shall be simple in construction, durable, and of low cost of suitable resilient material that will fit snugly against the head when the device is in use; said band-member 1 being beveled on both its top and bottom edges as at 2 and 3, so that when the clippers are pushed upwardly, they may out only the hair depending from under the bottom beveled edge 3, and stop their cutting when they are run up over said bevel, thereby leaving the proper even line on the sides and back of the head.

Should the customer desire to have his hair cut with a straight line around his head, (said form of hair-cut being commonly known as a bob or a high and round), then the guide is inverted and placed upon the head with the beveled edge '2 at the bottom, when the same cutting operation takes place with the desired result. Said band-member 1 has secured to each U-shaped spring 5 that is provided, at about the center of its length, with a suitable aperture through which is passed a rodor bar 6..

Secured in any well known manner to the inner end of said rod or bar 6 is a thin metal plate '7 that is provided with a suitable pad 8 and adapted to press against the forehead of a person to whom my device is applied.

Previous to inserting said rod or bar 6 through said aperture formed in the said U-shaped spring 5, a coiled spring 9 is placed over said rod 6, and the free end of said rod is inserted through said aperture,

and a knob 10 is screwed or otherwise secured thereto.

To apply my hair-cutting guide to the head of a wearer, it is only necessary to grasp the knob 10 with the thumb and forefinger of either hand and pull said knob outwardly, and at the same time slip the guide over the head of the wearer in the same manner as you would a hat, and then adjustthe device to the head in the desired position, after which adjustment, the knob 10 is released and the action of said spring 9 causes the said pad 8 to press against the forehead of the wearer, which will in turn cause the band-member l to tighten and fit snugly to the head.

After the cutting operation with the clippers, the guide is removed from the head and the barber may continue cutting the hair with the scissors in the usual manner.

While I have illustrated certain details which I deemed to be particularly elfective, and have illustrated a construction which is very cheap to make and easy to be assembled, I do not wish to be limited to these details, as it is obvious that many changes might be made therein without departing from the spirit or scope of my invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by ends; of a pad secured to said plate and 10 Letters-Patent is: adapted to press against the forehead of a In a device of the character described, the wearer; of a coiled spring placed over said combination of a resilient band-member bevrod, and a knob secured to the free end of eled on both its top and bottom edges; a said rod or bar, as and for the purpose set U-shaped spring having one of its. ends forth. 15 secured to each of the ends of the said band- In testimony whereof, I have signed my member; of a rod or bar having a thin metal name to this specification. plate secured to or mounted upon one of its WILLIAM T. BRADLEY. 

